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Don "The Frizz" Frisbie in action at Cycleland Speedwl!Y. Moural, Frisbie whirl at Cycleland By Ernie Aldrich Photo by E. W. Dominie CHICO , CA , AUG . 5 Chico Iceman: Lowell Moural survived a restart to win the Cy cleland Speedway 250cc Expert Main over Jeff Fowler, Dennis Frisbie and fellow Chicoan Ken Gray. At the start, the ' Bill Bronwell sponsored Moural went for the lead on the inside with the Snack Shack and Frisbie Cycles-sponsored Dennis "T he Frizz" Frisbie trying to take it from the outside. As they went into the tum Frisbie had a slight advantage, but when they roared into the backstretch Moural was in front with The Frizz close behind. . Unbeknownst to Moural and Frisbie, two riders had gone down in the rush for the lead and the red flag greeted them as they came into the stretch. The restart found Moural again gaining the top spot with Cycle Factory Frames-sponsored jeff Fowler , who had been left behind in the . original start, running second, Randy Freeman third and Frisbie fourth . The Frizz passed Freeman on tum two of the second lap and carried on a tight struggle with Fowler for the second spot, eventually bumping him on tum three of the last lap and almost going down himself as a result. Freeman held fourth until turn two of the eighth lap, when the Northern Counties Plumbing Supply-sponsored rider hit a slick spot and went down. Kent Gray took over and that's how they finished, Junior George Cummins of Chico won the 250cc Handicap Main over S&K Yamaha's Bill Scott of Red Bluff and Dennis Frisbie. Cummins took the lead at the outset, followed by last week's winner Donnie Longnecker , Scott, Jon Heiny and Leon Fowler. Scott and Heiny both passed Longnecker on the second lap and stayed that way until Fowler passed Heiny on the fifth lap. Then The Frizz shot by Heiny on tum one , but Heiny came right back at him, almost regaining his fourth spot at the end of the backstretch but couldn't quite do it. The Frizz went by Fowler on the 10th lap, but couldn't get to the top two in the remaining laps . Less than 10 yards separated the top three at the .wire. Meanwhile , Lowell Moural had worked his way up to be fifth and then fourth, but like Frisbie lacked the time to pass the leaders. Cummins doubled for the evening by taking the 250cc Junior Main over F&F Cycles/Becker Tire -sponsored Leon Fowler and Dale Hansen. .. Results 46 SOc MINI NOV : 1. TIm Rahm IVaml ; 2. Wah Bevens c (Yaml ; 3. Joey Hubbard IVaml. 80cc JR/l00cc NOV : t . Clint Balling er. 80 JR IVaml; 1. Brent Cash , 100cc Nov ISuzl. 100cc MINI EX: mike Gresham (Yaml. 125cc NOV : 1. Jeff. Simpson IHonl; 2. Denn is Gonsalves (Yam); 3. Brad Nelson (Hon!. 250cc EX: 1. Lowell Moural IBull; 2. Jeff Fowler (Yam); 3. Dennis Frisbie (Hus). 250 NOV : 1. Steve Clark (Bull; 2. Jay Brown (Yam); 3. Whitney Luper (Yam) , 250cc JR: 1. George Cummins (Yam); 2. Leon Fowler (Yam); 3. Dale Hansen (Honl. . 360cc NOV : 1. Randy Vbanez IBull; 2. Gary Johnson IHonl. 360cc JR : John Haemsbergen IHonl. 200cc JR: 1. Terry Atkinson (Suz); 2. Otrck Sauer (Vam). . 250cc HANDICAP: 1. George Cummins IVam); 2. Bill Scott lYam); 3. Dennis Frisbie (Hus). Jacobson, Michlitsch hot at Washougal By J an Newman WASHOUGAL, WA,JULY23 The winners weren't the only ones who were hot at Washougal Sunday, everyone was. For several days the temperature has been in the 90s and the wa tering crew failed to distribute the water adequately. There were mud holes that lasted all day , but the long dry stretches between them caused problems. Montey Mitchell (Mai) quit whi le running third in the 250cc Pros, lest he land on Tim Michlitsch (Yam) because he couldn't see him. After that a watering break was taken and things were improved for the rest of the day. Sunday was graduation day for students of Rolf Tibblin who had attended a three-day school here. Some passed , some didn't. Jim Anderson (Suz) was a passer with seconds in both 125cc and 250cc Pro races. Pat Jacobson (Suz) took both I25cc wins. Kevin Lane (Suz) appeared to have the first rnoro sewen up, but his bike seized. Tim Michlitsch pulled out-two wins in the 250cc Pro bash. Barney Newman (Mon) led the first moto until a crash put him out. Tom Poage (Yam) took a brief turn at the lead . until Tim took over. Jim Anderson (Hon) came in fourth behind Tim, Tom and Kevin Jansen (Hon). Jim led the second race until the halfway mark, when the positions were reversed. Michlitseh and Jacobson exchanged wins in the Open Pro class with Tim getting the second moto edge. Jacobson had been healing a wrist and hasn't ridden for a while, There has been a change in his style . Gone is the "cr ash looking for a spot to happen" style. Pat has smoothed out considerably and stated that he intends to smooth out even more. \ Ron Long (KTM) was probably racing before many of his competitors in the 250cc and Open Intermediate ' classes even knew what a motorcycle was, and he continues to set a pace for them . He took overall wins in both Intermediate classes as well as Over The Hill , not an unusual performance for him. A character on or off the track. he trains on Bull and may be up Dust w as a dan gerous part of the W ashou gal track. but was later soak ed. all Saturday night watering his own track for a race , working a t one of his two taverns or just plain living it up, but will go out and give it his best shot, which is usually pretty good, on Sunday. Results MINI JR: , . Jason Dix ISOl); 2. Steve Oster ISOl); 3. Duane Foster (Yam) . M INI INT: 1. Dennis """nell IVam); 2. Steven Bye lYam); 3. Sean Leichner lYaml. MINI EX: 1. Jack McGill (Varni; 2. Robby WatHa IVaml ; 3. Eric Hall ISOl) . . 100 J R: 1. Brad TurnidgeIVam); 2. Gary Harkleroad IVaml ; 3. Jeff Mag nuson (Yam). 100 INT : 1. Robby Watilo (Varni; 2. Keith Foidel IVaml ; 3. Kevin WhtielYam). 125 JR A: 1. Randy Brooks ISOlI; 2. Steve Scott ISuzl; 3. Louie Jacobs (SOl). 125JR B: 1. Andy Cox (Yam); 2. Lorne Hendriksen ISOlI ; 3. Corky Madsen IHan). 125 INT : 1. Ron Wooding; 2. Troy Carlson ISuzl; 3. Sandy Jaquish (Yam). . 125 PRO: 1. Pat Jacobson ISuz); 2. Jim Anderson ISuz); 3. Doug Foot.. (Suzl. . 250 JR: 1. carl LogerwelllYam); 2. Jerry Hendershot IYam); 3. Bria n Unde (Yam) . 250 INT : 1. Ron Long (KTM) ; 2. W"Vft8 Christensen (Hon) ; 3. M onte Gilson (Hon!. 250 PRO: 1. Tim M ichl itsch (Yaml ; 2. J im Anderson (Han) ; 3 . Kevin Jansen (Honl. OPEN JR: 1. Mike Leahy IHus); 2. Willie McCuin (Vam); 3. James Glenn (Yam). OPEN INT: 1. Ron Long IKTMI; 2. Greg Rodg ...s (Suz); 3. Lance OJem IMai) . OPEN PRO: 1. TIm Michlitsch IVam); 2. Pat Jacobson ISOl); 3. Mark Hambleton IMail. OVER THE HILL: 1. Ron Long IKTM); 2. Jim Lamkin (Mai) ; 3. Frad Johnson (Yaml . OLD TIMER : 1. Jim Newman IM on); 2. J im McBryde . lYam); 3. Charles BurchinellYam). Dill pickles Petaluma OT Novices PETALUMA, CA , AUG . 2 San Rafael's W alter Dill may be riding in the 40-and-over Old. Timers' class, bu t he 's young at heart. Dill won a nother O ld T imers' Novice bracket motocross at the Petaluma Fairgrounds Wednesday night as he continued to gather points which will graduate him to the Amateur class. Meanwhile , Santa Rosa's Dean Wiggins continued to reign as King of the Expert class. Wiggins won the District 36 , AMA·sanctioned 250cc Expert and the Open Expert class with David Woodall second in the 250cc Expert and Ted Cabral second in the Open Expert competition. ' The weekly Wednesday races , which have been drawing upwards of 200 riders, continue through September. Signups begin at 4:30 p.m. , practices at 6 p.m. , and the first race at 8 p.m. Results . OT NOV : Waher Dill. OT JR : Bob Porter OT EX Jim Saitone (Mail. : VETS NOV : 1. Gadr.. Newitart IMai) ; 2. D. Warren ISuz). VETS JR: Ernie cabral. VETS EX: Russ PowelllKTMI. 250 EX 1. Dean : (Mail. W~gins (Mail; 2. David Woodall 250 JR: 1. Glenn Reed ISuz); 2. Willie Miller lYaml. 250 NOV DIV 1: 1. Andrew Tchi rkine (Yam); 2. Greg Miller (Mai); 3. Pat Haskins IHonl. 250 NOV DIV 2: 1. Kevin Mareiner ISOlI; 2. Jay Costa (Vam); 3. Brian Franchini (Suzl. 125'EX : 1. Michael Preston ISuzl ; 2. Devid Woodall (Suzl. 125JR: 1. Mike Beiar ISuzl ; 2. Jim PierreISuzl. 125 NOV DIY 1: 1. Jeff Lystra lYam); 2. John Moorehead ISuzl ; 3. Dan Antoniohi (Suzl. 125 NOV DIV 2: 1. Dan Dee (Yam~ 2. Ron Mazzuchi ISuzl ; 3. Jack EJson (Suzl . 100 SPORTS M EN: 1. Wiley Craig ISOl); 2. John DeCarIy ISOlI . MINI 80: 1. Shane Gurnsey (Varni; 2. Rick Chambers IHon). _ MINI 100: Troy Barazotto lYaml. ' J OPEN EX: 1. Dean Wiggsin (Mail; 2. Tad Cabral (Suzl. . OPEN J R: 1. Mike Skivanek IHan); 2. Bret Joyner (Suzl. OPEN NOV: 1. Jack Baker lYam); 2. Ken Zepponi (Vam); 3. Eddie Lopua (Vaml . Ryan, Filice split FairST I By W . H. Spence r r. NAPA, CA , AUG . 2 As part of the Town & Cou ntry Fair in the Napa Valley ,.the fairgrounds oval comes alive. with the sounds of short trackers and despite a very low turnout , the assembled riders were treated to a wild show of bump-and-run with Dave Ryan taking the hotly disputed 250cc Expert class and Jimbo. Filice running away with the 360cc Expert on 'a Yamaha World, borrowed from Rick Delacy, scoot. . The crowd came early in expecta tions of the fierce wars as Steve Hammerich took the first of the main events involving all the minibikes. Dennis Ridling was the local hero for this show, winning the Novice portion over Charlie Venegas. Eric McIsaac continued in the steps of his big brothers in winning the combined Lightweight Novice show whi le Dave Allen won the 250cc Novice and Steve Crawford. held off John Carter for the hotly disp uted Junior show . Lining up for the 250cc Expert was a po le-crowding show as little passing was the bill of fare. Ryan and Brian Pecore were die obvious favorites · sitting on the pole, butJace Carter and Jimbo Filice were on the back row and it nearly erupted when the green flew and Filice got a jump that landed him in second on the outside of the first corner. Ryan and the Jeffries Construction Yamaha were long gone from that point .and Pecore rode the Angi Rossi special off the inside for second. Filice continued on the outside line for the remainder of the race and nearly lost third a few times to Bill McDonnell on the H & S Bultaco, but the I5 -year·old sensation put on a show.

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